This week’s bill to keep the government funded is the first big issue where Democrats have leverage, because Republicans need ...

Rep. Jim McGovern scoffed at Republicans who insist that Democrats should help them avoid a government shutdown set for March ...

Speaker Mike Johnson is eyeing a Tuesday vote in the House for a stopgap funding bill, but the path to passage in both ...

WASHINGTON - Americans are yet again bracing for a possible government shutdown. Congress has until 11:59 p.m. on Friday to ...

The Republican stopgap spending proposal that would avert a government shutdown is up against the key hurdle of clearing the ...

Susan Collins (R-Maine), chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, sai government shutdowns are inherently a failure to govern effectively.

Congressional Democrats ... are not only planning on voting for a government shutdown, they are craving it,” Rep. Tom Emmer, ...

Centrist Democrats are keeping them guessing. Heading into Tuesday’s vote to fund the federal government, almost a dozen House Democrats in Trump-won districts have yet to reveal if they’ll join ...

The threat of a government shutdown is looming over Washington yet again. Here's what to know ahead of potential votes.

Congressional Democrats may just surrender rather than risk catching blame for shutting down a government that Republicans ...

Congressional Republicans and President Trump are set to tee up a stopgap spending vote on Tuesday that would avert ...

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